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EherVielleicht@feddit.org 5 days ago
Incoming advices of external CD-ROM drives in 3, 2, 1…
CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 5 days ago
realbadat@programming.dev 5 days ago
I mean… I have a usb external 3.5" drive…
As well as DVD of course.
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
I have an external Blu ray drive at this point.
I’ve always wanted a good quality 3.5" external drive. I rarely have an internal disc drive (cd/dvd/BR) on any of my computers. A few years ago I had the need to pull some files off of a 3.5" floppy, I had to boot up an old Dell PE 2850 server that had a 3.5" drive on it to get the files off the drive. Luckily the copy of Windows server 2003 still booted, and the raid array was operational. It was like a miracle getting that stuff off that disk.
It was late at night and I couldn’t wait until morning to go buy a USB 3.5" drive to get the data.
I work in IT and people question my sanity when I’m walking home with SCSI interfaces and corresponding SCSI tape drives. I even picked up a zip 100 usb drive at some point.
I never used it for it’s intended purpose, but as soon as someone needs data off of some archive, on an outdated storage format, I become the MVP.
PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 5 days ago
raid array
Vinny_93@lemmy.world 5 days ago
You can just buy an internal DVD-ROM drive and install it in your pc. If you lack an IDE port on your motherboard you can use PCIe expansion cards. Power can be supplied by Molex.
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
… Sata DVD-ROM drives are a thing
Hell I’ve still got one just in case
Vinny_93@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Oh word?
boonhet@lemm.ee 5 days ago
They are, but now some modern cases don’t have bays so personally I’m still restricted to external if I want one.
kn33@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I even have a blu ray drive
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
Whenever I see a SATA optical drive that someone doesn’t want, I grab it and tuck it away. Shit is rare now.
I’m sure I could go to a shop and just pick one up, but honestly, I don’t have a reason to. Give me an opportunity to snag one for free and I will not pass it up.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 5 days ago
Bruh I’m comfortable building my own PCs and that still sounds way more effort than just buying an external optical drive with USB interface.
Vinny_93@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It is that’s the joke
cm0002@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Bro, IDE has been dead for YEARS now, I’d be shocked if there was an IDE connector on any consumer computer made in the last 10 years (Industrial stuff can get weird)
Vinny_93@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I figured disk drives were kinda obsolete so they’d use obsolete connectors.
In any event, my example was to explicitly not suggest an external disk drive on USB.
Daxtron2@startrek.website 5 days ago
I’ve only ever used SATA for disc drives the past 15 years
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 days ago
i thought you were using outdated connectors as a joke 😂
joyjoy@lemm.ee 5 days ago
My pdu doesn’t have molex connectors.
Vinny_93@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I’ve since been informed you can get them with SATA connectors.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Most gaming pc cases now don’t have any bay slots on the front panel. USB power buttons and audio plugs got moved to the top and all the slots for floppy and CD drives just vanished.
Vinny_93@lemmy.world 3 days ago
But they do have easy open side panels so just chuck the drive in there
Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
yea, but that’s pretty janky. external if you’ve got a small desktop or laptop - go internal if you can (still rocking my cd drive in my desktop)
Vinny_93@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I said internal.
Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
and I said janky